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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1946
Page
1
The Associated Press reports ongoing threats to shut soft coal mines under Truman cabinets. Attorney General Clark says the government is analyzing the contract with United Mine Workers. Several strikes show signs of settling or easing across industries including Allis-Chalmers La Crosse plant and airline and film unions.
Washington October 25 President Truman and his cabinet discussed the threatened soft coal strike briefly as John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers AFL warned that any government move to extend wage controls would fail. Attorney General Tom C Clark said the Justice Department was examining the government coal contract to see if reopening is possible and prepare legal advice. The Mine Workers Journal warned the administration against prolonging wage controls as doomed to failure.
A lone man traveled the Colorado River by raft past Bright Angel trail at 3 20 pm on Thursday. He waved to onlookers but showed no distress. Park officials cannot identify the traveler or his plans as the river narrows to few access points between here and Lake Mead. The feat echoes past raft adventures and local legend.
Airline and coal disputes draw attention as Trans World Airlines workers at LaGuardia listen to Thomas R Poole announce possible unpaid furloughs due to the pilot strike. Washington officials including N H Collisson and Edmond D Doyle confer over a looming soft coal miners walkout.
The United States transferred wartime Keflavik airport to Iceland on Friday. The move follows the United States Iceland agreement signed October 7 and ends the 1941 defense pact between the two nations dating from July 1, 1941.
Athens courts sentenced eight defendants to death for the executions carried out by Leftist bands during the 1944-45 civil strife, linking them to the deaths of 69 people.
Arizona aviation conference hears James H. Doolittle outline benefits from air transport enabling population shift to small towns and farms. Washington revokes June bread size reduction to normal loaves and rolls and lifts consignment selling ban and variety limits as famine relief ends.
Diplomatic circles see a potential U S offer to Russia for a compromise on Manchuria war booty to win Soviet participation in a Japanese reparations conference. The Far Eastern commission debated and recessed without decision as Soviet delegates pressed to exclude Red Army seized industrial property from Soviet reparation demands. The United States has so far opposed the Russian request.
PHOENIX October 25 State Highway Engineer W C Lefebvre entered Papago Park veterans hospital Friday to undergo a minor operation.
Heinrich Joeckel who commanded the Terezin concentration camp for five years was executed as a war criminal before about 200 spectators in the Litomerice people's court courtyard on Friday in Prague.
State Tax Commissioner Joe Hunt approved a Friday hearing on the city’s plan for a 257 875 emergency tax levy. The full commission will act. The petition cites flood damaged streets paving drainage and curb repairs with several specific drainage projects and a downtown gutter and curb crack issue.
Assistant Secretary of War Howard C. Petersen said the Army would ask Congress for 350 million dollars in deficiency appropriations to cover unforeseen overseas costs. In Tokyo General MacArthur attributed Philippine tensions to Filipino nationalism after independence and noted some soldiers abroad were homesick but said the issue must be solved by Filipinos. In Berlin the US and Britain protested mass removals of German workers to Russia. In Havana dawn raids by army units and police netted more than twenty arrested alleged revolutionary conspirators in Havana Pinar Del Rio and Marianao.
FBI agents local police and Davis Monthan field officials raid scores of private homes recovering thousands of dollars in government property. Four base employees were arraigned on theft charges and were released on recognizance. Raids continued with investigations to determine scope and involved individuals.
Nationalist forces under General Tu Li Meng push three columns toward Antung with 30 to 50 mile gains in days. Center columns move 45 miles toward Fengchenhsien, while the east column reaches Trunghua 130 miles from Antung. Communist Yenan reports confirm pursuit of Chefoo siege despite unverified claims of suburb entry.
A year after Labor’s ascent, Attlee condemns Russia’s isolationism and propaganda while Churchill’s stance echoes Fulton. The UN veto debate grows as US, UK leaders and allies clash with Moscow over Moscow’s half world. The piece highlights bipartisan dismay at Russia and the veto’s use for bloc leverage.
James A. Farley former postmaster general lauded General Douglas MacArthur’s handling of the Japanese occupation as a magnificent job during a visit to Tokyo. He called the occupation’s progress one of the greatest in history and plans to tour China and Siam on a private business trip after leaving for Shanghai.
President Truman announced defense spending for the current fiscal year at 13.15 billion dollars after earlier cuts. He kept Army and Navy limits intact, while increasing civilian public works to 1.073 billion. roads and rural electrification remain funded though other programs face restraint.
Maynard Barnes, American political representative, said the Allied control council will allow the local press in Sofia to publish all U S correspondence on the fairness of the upcoming election. Barnes consulted with Allied nations and noted that postponing the elections was not raised.
London reports a Soviet member of the Allied control commission in Bulgaria lifted the prohibition on publishing American notes about the upcoming election. The notes urged freer, unfettered voting, but the Soviet member refused to back American proposals aimed at guaranteeing fairness, saying such steps would interfere with Bulgaria's internal affairs.
Ten more people were killed and 33 injured in Calcutta as Hindu Moslem clashes renewed in Bengal. Officials rushed food to Noakhali and Tipperah districts to prevent mass starvation amid the strife.
In Flushing New York Oct 25 UPI Russia abandoned opposition to a United Nations debate on veto power and backed frank discussion of all issues Andrei Vishinsky announced Russia would not insist on keeping Australia and Cuba motions off the agenda U.S Britain and China supported general discussion while opposing weakening veto rights Warren Austin urged a constructive assembly dialogue and a clarification of voting principles The U S and Russia agreed to avoid blocking the agenda while noting no position on merits of the veto issue.
KINGMAN Oct 25 The Davis dam project is 85 days ahead of its July 1949 completion deadline as U S Reclamation Commissioner Michael W Strauss and Secretary of Interior Julius Krug tour the site They say the faster pace supports rapid Southwest power needs and note California interest in Bridge Canyon and Glen Canyon projects to meet future demand. Krug stresses power development must follow completion with more hydroelectric plans to sustain regional growth.
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